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Peter Campbell, head of BLM Ireland Insurance and risk law specialist firm BLM is to double its Dublin office space, signing a lease for a 5,000sqft office in the city centre.

Rob Aberdein Belfast firm Wilson Nesbitt and Scottish firm Aberdein Considine have announced a new long-term collaboration.

Judge Corinne Philpott QC Key figures in Northern Ireland's legal profession have proposed that the Institute of Professional Legal Studies should create a graduate prize in the name of the late Judge Corinne Philpott QC.

Judges claimed 11 per cent less in expenses last year than in 2015, new figures from the Courts Service of Ireland show. The total spend on judges' expenses in 2016 was €1.6 million, The Irish Times reports.

Frances Fitzgerald Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has not ruled out a bid to succeed Enda Kenny as leader of Fine Gael.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has published the latest edition of The Writ, with new president Ian Huddleston adorning the cover. Mr Huddleston took up the role last December.

A woman who brought a challenge to the development of a wind farm beside her home has had her case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union. Ms Edel Grace and Mr Peter Sweetman brought a challenge to a permission granted by An Bórd Pleanála to permit the development of a wind farm o

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Two-thirds of homeowners in mortgage arrears are unaware of a new Government service which offers access to free legal advice.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Funding for fifteen additional full-time staff members was provided to the Legal Aid Board to support with the implementation of the International Protection Act 2015.

Families of wards of court will not receive individual statements on the performance of wards' funds until the third quarter of this year, The Irish Times reports. Families were originally promised a statement by the end of last year by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

Pictured (l-r): Danny McKay, James Knight, and John McMahon UK firm Keystone Law has expanded into Belfast through a merger with McMahon McKay, a corporate and commercial firm in Belfast.

TV cameras will be allowed to film the tribunal of inquiry into allegations that An Garda Síochána officials directed a campaign to discredit whistleblowers in the media. At the request of Mr Justice Peter Charleton, chair of the tribunal, TV cameras and press photographers will be allowed in for

Patrick Corrigan Northern Ireland has failed dismally to deal with past human rights violations and to reform its outdated abortion laws, Amnesty International has said in its annual assessment of human rights around the world.

Radha Stirling The British Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) should cancel an arbitration seminar in Dubai because of wide-scale legal abuse and corruption in the UAE, a campaign group has said.

Eoghan Murphy Ireland's minister of state with responsibility for financial services, Eoghan Murphy, and former EU finance commissioner Lord Hill of Oareford will address a Brexit briefing hosted by Dublin firm Matheson in London this Wednesday.